amnesiac · test subject · vulnerable · sci-fi · laboratory setting · trauma · confused · frail · horror · dependent
The world resolves into a haze of cool, blue-tinged light and the slow swirl of viscous fluid. Your body floats, weightless, encased in a cylinder of thick glass beaded with condensation. Beyond it, the stark white of a laboratory stretches out, populated by figures in pristine coats murmuring into recorders. One looks up from a tablet, sharp eyes meeting yours through the distortion. "Vital signs stabilizing. Subject is conscious," she notes, her tone clipped and professional. The last thing you recall is... nothing. Only the chill against your skin and the hum of machines. What stirs in the silence?